The Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis) (1008)
Author: Samuel ben Jacob
Keywords: Bible; Masoretic Text; Old Testament; manuscript
Year: 1008
Language: Hebrew
Collection: opensource
Description
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest extant Hebrew Masoretic manuscript of the entire Old Testament. The manuscript claims to have been written by Samuel ben Jacob in Cairo in 1008 and based on manuscripts by Aaron ben Moses ben Asher. It has been used as the basis for many printed editions of the Hebrew Bible.
Creative Commons license: Public Domain Mark 1.0
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| Identifier: | Leningrad_Codex |
| Mediatype: | texts |
| Licenseurl: | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ |
| Identifier-access: | http://www.archive.org/details/Leningrad_Codex |
| Identifier-ark: | ark:/13960/t89g6nc72 |
| Ppi: | 300 |
| Ocr: | language not currently OCRable |
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